Top "Passwords" questions

Passwords are primarily used as a way of accessing information and also limiting the number of users who can get access to a machine.

Is there a way to crack the password on an Excel VBA Project?

I've been asked to update some Excel 2003 macros, but the VBA projects are password protected, and it seems there's a …

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How to log in to phpMyAdmin with WAMP, what is the username and password?

What does the word "root" mean in phpMyAdmin? Whenever I write localhost/phpmyadmin on the address bar, I am asked …

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Java 256-bit AES Password-Based Encryption

I need to implement 256 bit AES encryption, but all the examples I have found online use a "KeyGenerator" to generate …

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Setting the MySQL root user password on OS X

I just installed MySQL on Mac OS X. The next step was setting the root user password, so I did …

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encrypt and decrypt md5

I am using code $enrypt=md5($pass) and inserting $encrypt to database. I want to find out a way to …

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How do I remove the passphrase for the SSH key without having to create a new key?

I set a passphrase when creating a new SSH key on my laptop. But, as I realise now, this is …

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How to generate a random string in Ruby

I'm currently generating an 8-character pseudo-random uppercase string for "A" .. "Z": value = ""; 8.times{value << (65 + rand(25)).chr} but it …

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Why is char[] preferred over String for passwords?

In Swing, the password field has a getPassword() (returns char[]) method instead of the usual getText() (returns String) method. Similarly, …

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How do you use bcrypt for hashing passwords in PHP?

Every now and then I hear the advice "Use bcrypt for storing passwords in PHP, bcrypt rules". But what is …

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How to find out the username and password for mysql database

I've forgotten what I set as username and password for mysql database. How could I be able to find it …

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